[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":325},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-45128652":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":44,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":71,"maker_in_thread":164,"shape":174,"grid":177,"attempts":287,"same_week":288,"maker_shows":235,"maker_hidden":317,"reader_version":318,"card":319},"45128652","FoundersAround YC Map","A Map of All YC Companies (5,300 Startups by Batch and Location)","title","Show HN: A Map of All YC Companies (5,300 Startups by Batch and Location)","https:\u002F\u002Fyc.foundersaround.com\u002F","yc.foundersaround.com","leonagano",1757001163,2025,74,46,967,3837,26,"notable","data","interactive map","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"yc companies","startup map","y combinator","companies by location","roasted",-0.486,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},1,6,4,17,28,{"idea":37,"execution":39,"performance":41,"design":42,"pricing":43},{"positive":31,"critical":38},0,{"positive":38,"critical":40},14,{"positive":38,"critical":31},{"positive":38,"critical":38},{"positive":38,"critical":31},[45,38,38,38,38,38,45,38,31,38,38,31,46,31,31,31,38,45,38,31,38,38,31,31,31,38,31,45,38,45,38,45,45,31,38,45,31,31,31,31],3,5,null,{"problem":49,"audience":47,"pricing":56,"motivation":64,"time_to_build":47,"stack":68,"openness":69,"stage":70,"team_size":69},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Browsing where YC companies are located is hard without a visual map.","maker",[53],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},"45128668","I built this map that shows every YCombinator company worldwide (5,300+ and counting). You can explore by batch, country, or city. I made this because I was curious about where…",{"value":57,"source":58,"evidence":59},"Sponsored ad space on the map, per a commenter's complaint.","commenter",[60],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"45129791","codingdave","The data is inaccurate, the map is a vibe-coded mess, and the prompting to buy ad space on the map makes this look like a low-effort cash grab. Too bad, really... the idea of…",{"value":65,"source":51,"evidence":66},"Curiosity about where YC founders are concentrated and a more visual way to browse them.",[67],{"id":54,"by":11,"text":55},[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":72,"objections":88,"requests":132,"questions":144,"alternatives":163},[73],{"value":74,"source":58,"evidence":75},"Cool visual idea showing where YC companies landed.",[76,80,84],{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"45131115","guywithahat","Ignoring the fact the YC data is often out of date, I think this is really cool, and it speaks to trends in the industry. In particular, I'm surprised how few YC companies end up…",{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"45129558","aaa_2006","This is really cool. A big YC advantage is instant access to 5,000 plus peer companies as warm leads. That built in network makes early cross selling much easier than starting…",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"45131273","mxpxrocks10","looks cool - would be nice if it could view by city.",[89,109,128],{"value":90,"source":58,"evidence":91},"Location data is inaccurate and often out of date.",[92,96,100,104,108],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"45129715","BugsJustFindMe","The source information is inaccurate though, so take it with a grain of salt. I spot checked a few companies that have moved, and it shows their original locations from a few…",{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"45130155","dschep","The geocoding needs some work. There are 4 companies indicated as being located in Richmond, Virginia. At least two of them are clearly in Richmond, California. I suspect all of…",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"45131193","msdrigg","3 companies in columbia sc but further investigation yields columbia md for 2 and columbia mo for the third. So state data seems pretty non-existent",{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"45129182","ecshafer","One annoyance with this is all of the NY, USA companies that don't explicitly say NYC end up in Syracuse.",{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},{"value":110,"source":58,"evidence":111},"Buggy: zoom hides numbers, crashes and fails on some browsers and mobile.",[112,116,120,124],{"id":113,"by":114,"text":115},"45131208","jedberg","FYI, clicking on a number to zoom in, and then zooming back out, makes all the numbers disappear.",{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"45130028","soared","Doesn’t seem to work on mobile iOS - clicking an icon of “2” doesn’t open anything, and then zooming back out the icons didn’t reload for the zoomed out area",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"45129961","diego_moita","This site crashes Firefox.",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"45131414","serial_dev","Idea is interesting. It looked great… until you actually tried to actually use the web app. Then nothing worked.",{"value":129,"source":58,"evidence":130},"Ads prompt makes it look like a cash grab.",[131],{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},[133,140],{"value":134,"source":58,"evidence":135},"Group companies by founders' origin country.",[136],{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"45129870","h1fra","Nice, but unfortunately, lots of companies relocate to the US, e.g, Algolia is shown in SF, but it's a French company. 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